Intermission – 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 02 (15 cm sFH 02)

15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 02 (15 cm sFH 02)

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Produced: 1902
Weight: 2,035 kg (4,486 lbs) Maximum firing range: 7,450 m (24,442 feet)
Field gun captured by the 60th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada), 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on April 13, 1917 in the Bois de la Folie after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais, France.
On the gun are the initials R W and the numeral II, which stand for Reich Wilhelm II-in reference to the German emperor Wilhelm II. The motto Ultima Ratio Regis means “The king’s ultimate argument.” This kind of detailed inscription became impossible with the mass production of field guns during the First World War.